BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (March 17, 2026) – The NEC uncovered its 2025 academic honors for the fall student-athletes where Howard University men's and women's soccer teams saw 45 Bison acknowledged for their excellence off the field. The announcement came Tuesday.
 
The Fall Academic Honor Roll, consisting of a league-record 1,287 student-athletes in the NEC with 3.20 grade point average (GPA).
 
This year's beneficiaries included Maya Blackston (Alexandria, Va.), Imani Bogue Bieniemy (Henderson, Nev.), Saliyah Brady (Atlanta), Jaiya Bolden (Charlotte, N.C.), Nadia Bolden (Charlotte, N.C.), Ian Campbell (Des Moines, Iowa), Axel Chicas (Washington), Bryson Clarke (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.), Laila Cowsette (Laurel, Md.), Jaileen De Freitas (Miramar, Fla.), Bre'Elle Dean (North Odgen, Utah), Niles Dunham (Washington), Amira Elrington-Edwards (Elmont, N.Y.), Gabriella Garcia-Terrell (Centreville, Va.), Sienna Hamilton-Grein (Upper Marlboro, Md.), Corey James (Bethlehem, Pa.), Samantha James (Herndon, Va.), Daniil Kaban (Kharkiv, Ukraine), Liam Keiller (Gaithersburg, Md.), Imani Kissi (Dublin, Ohio), Trinity Knox (Atlanta), Cheyenne Lam (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Marshall Lloyd (Washington), Troy Matingou (Round Rock, Texas), Asia Mickens-Perez (Upper Marlboro, Md.), Justin Mims (Norwalk, Conn.), Donovan Mose (Laurel, Md.), Adora Nwosu (Murfreesboro, Tenn.), Demi Owens (Teaneck, N.J.), Naim Robinson (Detroit), Christian Rufael (Washington), Zach Simmons (Rockwall, Texas), Hailey Smith (Haywood, Calif.), Jude Spallinger (Bluffton, Ohio), Roman Stallings (Tyrone, Ga.), Makende Stewart (Portland, Ore.), Joshua Snyder (Princeton, N.J.), Rayce Welborne (Lawrenceville, Texas), Leah Williams (Ellicott City, Md.), Stephon Wilson (Chicago), Jonathan Winston (Missouri City, Texas) and Ireal Wyze-Daly (Ontario, Canada), Mia Young (Sunrise, Fla.) and Nya-Grace Young (Toronto, Canada).
 
Additionally, 514 NEC student-athletes were named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll with a 3.75 GPA or better, which is a new conference benchmark.
 
Twenty Bison made the cut: Blackston; Bolden; Brady; Campbell; Clarke; De Freitas; Elrington-Edwards; Garcia-Terrell; C. James; S. James; Kaban; Keiller; Owens; Spallinger; Snyder; Williams; Wilson; M. Young and N. Young.
 
Soccer returns to the field in Fall 2026.
 
For more information, visit the Bison Athletics website at www.HUBison.com and/or the NEC website at www.northeastconference.org.